The cult of Transhumanism seeks the rejection of human being, fallibility and mortality. The ideology of Transhumanism doesn’t understand the beauty of fallibility nor the purpose/meaning of fallibility. Fallibility is demonised by the Transhumanist cult and dreams that one day humans as cyborgs … [Read more...] about Zero as a Transhumanist Quest
Believing Non-Sense in Safety
I saw a classic this week in the Neuroscience Newsletter the other day. Of course, such propositions that AI have emotions or feelings is complete and utter nonsense. Last time you dropped a laptop did it cry in pain? When you switched it off and restarted it, did it tell you of its dreams? Was … [Read more...] about Believing Non-Sense in Safety
When Things Go Wrong Let’s Do More of the Same
I always find it fascinating when there is an increase in safety statistics or incidents that the call is always about greater vigilance, more checklists, more policing and more effort. What an amazing industry that still doesn’t know why things go wrong. Rather than question the … [Read more...] about When Things Go Wrong Let’s Do More of the Same
No Safety in Numbers
No Safety in Numbers I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no safer in a crowd/group, dispelling the myth ‘there is always safety in numbers’ and then spoke on the … [Read more...] about No Safety in Numbers
How Groupthink Works
How Groupthink Works In light of the binary discourse that is floating about my last blog, Like A Collective Brain Snap, this may serve as a follow up. People often scratch their heads wondering why people do things and in exasperation and dismissal come up with the traditional stupidity/idiot … [Read more...] about How Groupthink Works
The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started
The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started We can learn a great deal from our fundamentalist friends and people with addictions after all, these are the experts in conversion. If you are a safety officer or a risk manager you must wonder why it is so hard to convert people to becoming … [Read more...] about The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started
By What Method Do You Tackle Risk?
When someone asks how? the meaning is ‘by what method?’ For example, how do you make a coffee? Means by what method do you make a coffee? Do you put milk in first, last or have no milk? Do you use instant, brewed or filtered. You get what I mean. When it comes to risk and we ask the question: … [Read more...] about By What Method Do You Tackle Risk?
Communicating Professionally in Risk
The foundations of communicating and messaging is: framing, priming, pitching, anchoring, reframing and suspending agenda. We learn this in many SPoR programs as a foundation for understanding communication and influencing effectiveness. We use a simple tool shown at Figure 1. Language … [Read more...] about Communicating Professionally in Risk
Webinar on Zero
Webinar on Zero I have been writing on the ideology of zero for many years but have never been asked to discuss or debate it with anyone in the safety sector, till now. The two books I have published against the ideology of zero include: · For the Love of Zero, Human fallibility and Risk … [Read more...] about Webinar on Zero
Taleb Wisdom, and Rationality
Most people in the safety and risk game should know the name of Nassim Taleb, author and maverick mathematician of Black Swan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Swan:_The_Impact_of_the_Highly_Improbable). Unfortunately, the moment he writes in Maths I need a translator, similarly any language … [Read more...] about Taleb Wisdom, and Rationality